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Combining Solid-state and Solution-based Techniques: Synthesis and Reactivity of Chalcogenidoplumbates(II or IV)
Published on: December 29, 2016
catena-Poly[bis(tert-butylammonium) [plumbate(II)-tri-mu-iodo] iodide dihydrate]
1School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, PO Wits 2050, South Africa. andy@hobbes.gh.wits.ac.za
Abstract:
The title compound, [(C4H12N)2[PbI3]I.2H2O]n, crystallizes as an organic-inorganic hybrid. The six-coordinate Pb atom lies on a centre of inversion and all the I atoms lie on mirror planes; the two independent cations both lie across mirror planes. The structure contains anionic chains along [100] of fused [PbI3]- units forming face-sharing octahedra. Four cations enclose channels occupied by isolated iodide ions and water molecules of hydration.
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